'''Her Majesty's Theatre''' is a theatre in London's West End. A theatre has been on this site, in a street called the Haymarket in the St. James's district, since 1705. The first building was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh. It was initially known as ''The Queen's Theatre" after Queen Anne, and was "The King's Theatre" after 1714, when a succession of male monarchs occupied the throne. At this time only a handful of theatres were permitted to operate in London. The theatre was associated with opera from the 1710s until it burnt down in 1789. The theatre was rebuilt another three times and the fourth and current building, designed by CJ Phills, was opened in 1897. This building did not specialise in opera, although there were some operatic performances in its early years. The musical "Chu Chin Chow, The Maid of the Mountains'' opened in 1916 and ran for a then record 2,235 performances. Noel Coward's play "Bitter Sweet" enjoyed a run of 697 performances starting in 1929. Musicals have predominated in the post World War II period, including "Brigadoon" (opened 1949), "Paint Your Wagon" (1953), "West Side Story" (1958) and "Fiddler On The Roof" which had a run of 2,030 performances starting in 1967. Since 1986 Her Majesty's has been the London home of "The Phantom of the Opera".
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